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The decision to extend the current CAS three more years resulted from extensive consultations with the Government and other stakeholders, including the donor community, the private sector, and the civil society. These consultations confirmed the continued relevance of the CAS strategy of improving governance through a wide range of development initiatives, said Ian Porter, Country Director for Cambodia. 'The Bank's assistance strategy recognizes the positive changes in Cambodia over the past three years, and the solid progress the Government has made in implementing the ambitious reform agenda,' Porter said. 'This progress has enabled the World Bank and other donors to continue working with the Government to deepen their reform efforts.' First approved in 2005, the Cambodia CAS provides support for tackling some of the critical governance issues threatening the country's ability to reduce poverty and achieve Millennium Development Goals. It aims to improve governance through private sector development for growth; public financial management for better service delivery; land administration, management and allocation for agricultural investments and growth; and decentralization and social accountability for better governance and empowerment of communities.
The Cambodia CAS was the first Bank Group CAS produced jointly with the Asian Development Bank, the UK Department of International Development, or DFID, and the UN system, which have all endorsed the extension.
Together with the CAS extension, the World Bank's Board of Executive Directors also approved two lending projects for Cambodia, aimed at helping the government fight poverty by improving access to roads, as well as providing poor people with land for agricultural development.
Under the Road Asset Management Project (RAMP), the Bank will provide $30 million worth of financial and technical support to help the government perform periodic maintenance on selected sections of the country's road network, as well as establish related systems. Studies have shown that road access helps reduce poverty as it allows poor people easier access to the markets. An improved road system also enables the government to bring social services to remote, rural areas.
This five-year project also receives financial support from the Asian Development Bank, and the Australian Agency for International Development. The Royal Government of Cambodia also contributed toward the project cost, which stands at $56.1 million.
The second project, the Land Allocation for Economic and Social Development Project (LASED) will receive a total of $11.5 million in funding from the World Bank, which complements technical cooperation support from the Government of Germany. LASED will support the Government's social land concession program.
Under the project, local communities will identify appropriate state land, and select poor, landless families to receive land as well as livelihoods assistance within their own communities. The five-year project will be implemented by the local communities, with assistance from the Government's land and decentralization support agencies.
CONTACT: Elisabeth Mealey, World Bank Group Tel: +1 202 458 4475
e-mail: emealey@worldbank.org
The Cambodia CAS was the first Bank Group CAS produced jointly with the Asian Development Bank, the UK Department of International Development, or DFID, and the UN system, which have all endorsed the extension.
Together with the CAS extension, the World Bank's Board of Executive Directors also approved two lending projects for Cambodia, aimed at helping the government fight poverty by improving access to roads, as well as providing poor people with land for agricultural development.
Under the Road Asset Management Project (RAMP), the Bank will provide $30 million worth of financial and technical support to help the government perform periodic maintenance on selected sections of the country's road network, as well as establish related systems. Studies have shown that road access helps reduce poverty as it allows poor people easier access to the markets. An improved road system also enables the government to bring social services to remote, rural areas.
This five-year project also receives financial support from the Asian Development Bank, and the Australian Agency for International Development. The Royal Government of Cambodia also contributed toward the project cost, which stands at $56.1 million.
The second project, the Land Allocation for Economic and Social Development Project (LASED) will receive a total of $11.5 million in funding from the World Bank, which complements technical cooperation support from the Government of Germany. LASED will support the Government's social land concession program.
Under the project, local communities will identify appropriate state land, and select poor, landless families to receive land as well as livelihoods assistance within their own communities. The five-year project will be implemented by the local communities, with assistance from the Government's land and decentralization support agencies.
CONTACT: Elisabeth Mealey, World Bank Group Tel: +1 202 458 4475
e-mail: emealey@worldbank.org
6 comments:
expecting Hun Xen government to fight poverty? has hay! This government will fight and and chase and kick and torture the poor out of their palces, so they can have their land to sell to the crooked rich.
Thank You World Bank on behalf of Khmer people.
With all the corruption in the country right now and who going to pay back, our poor children down to great great grand children?
Are you sharing the loot with Hun Xen gangs, World Bank?
You all are sucking the blood of the killing field victimes! May all your children and great grand children will suffer just like us!
Hey World bank! how can you give our money the hoodlums???????????
Fyck you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The 1st is "Road Asset Management Project", which is important for the durable and sustainable of the raods were buit. After a few years roads shall be in maintenance state if neglected then there would be no more roads.
2nd project "Land Allocation for Economic and Social Development", this project is to help landless and poor families.
Why people are so naive and negative about WB.
This international body, do their best, throughoutly study and investigate the projects, before lending any money and should there's any discrepancy such as demobilized army project, they would of course suspend the funds until further actions were taken.
Keep Ah Spam Rainxy out of the World Bank's project. Otherwise, all the money will go to fund his stupid SRP cyclo drivers party.
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